February, 2017 | Going Postal

The Sun

28th February 2017 rattuscatchus 0

Ask anybody about the workings of the Sun and some will say that it relies on nuclear fusion for its energy output and there will be nods of agreement and then the conversation will turn [more…]

Off Grid Living, 1945 to 1953

21st February 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I lived for the first seven years of my life in a hamlet on the western fringe of Salisbury Plain. At about six hundred and sixty feet above sea level it was a fairly bleak [more…]

Foraging for food in the Fifties

11th February 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I was born in 1945, the war had just ended, the world was a very different place then. As a child food was one of my primary concerns, it was difficult to find enough fuel [more…]

A Happy Wankpuffin Birthday to Going Postal

6th February 2017 Going Postal 0

Némésis – Book 2 Part 8

8th December 2019 0

Afghanistan 041135L February 2018 – 45,000 feet external temperature -56.7 °C The Boeing RC 135 Rivet Joint of the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron, was just over two-and-a-half hours into its patrol. It had taken off from [more...]
Going Postal with Question Time

12th September 2019 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Norwich. On the panel: Brandon Lewis MP, security minister and former Conservative party chairman, Conservative; John Healey MP, shadow housing [more...]
A Night in the Land of the Lucky

29th November 2019 0

Autumn 2014 So this was the plan. I was doing a Eurail circuit of France, and while in Dijon wanted to include a day or two in nearby French-speaking Switzerland. But because I was on [more...]
Crossword No. 101

18th January 2020 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP 4th anniversary mug!. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 100 – Captain Black. Answers [more...]
Selective Recollection & Economic Reality

10th February 2020 0

Those still shedding tears over our departure from the EU invariably refer to the success of the EU in healing post-WW2 wounds and keeping peace in Europe for 75 years. By the same token they [more...]